: At the age of 18, he traveled to Baghdad—then the intellectual heart of the Islamic world—to pursue advanced religious studies.
"My heart is open to all. It is a pasture for gazelles and a monastery for Christian monks, a temple for idols and the Kaaba for pilgrims, the tablets of the Torah and the book of the Quran. I practice the religion of Love, and whichever direction its caravans take, that is my belief and my faith." qadir jilani
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He taught that taqwa (God-consciousness) was the root of all stations, and that love of God must discipline the lower self, not indulge it. Unlike some mystics who blurred Islamic law, al-Jilani was a staunch defender of Shari‘ah , insisting that no spiritual station transcends the obligations of prayer, charity, and fasting. I practice the religion of Love, and whichever
Why does ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani continue to inspire, 900 years later?